Treatment of Adult Distal Humerus Fracture with Fishtail Deformity-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Treatment of Adult Distal Humerus Fracture with Fishtail Deformity

Published:2024-01 Issue:1 Volume:14 Page:
ISSN:2160-3251
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language:en
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Author:

Joseph Elias G¹^ORCID,Gardner Warren E²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia

2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Abstract

Case: We report a single case of a closed intra-articular distal humerus fracture in a 28-year-old man with a preexisting fishtail deformity characterized by concavity of the central trochlea and corresponding deformity of the olecranon. The patient was treated with open reduction and internal fixation. Conclusion: The case highlights the diagnosis and challenges of treatment. Conventional fixation choices and imaging techniques may need to be altered when treating a fracture with this deformity.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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